A rare small bowl by Baba Yasutaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Structural Vessel. After cutting out hundreds of tiny rectangular porcelain blocks of varying sizes, Baba attaches each piece, one by one, upon the damp clay surfaces in a random fashion. This is 19 x 18 x 13.5 cm (7-1/2 x 7 x 5-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Baba Yasutaka was born in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1991. He finished at the Tajimi Ceramics Research Facility in 2017. His architectural works have been presented In the United States, TEFAF Maastricht, Germany, and in Art Miami and London as well as numerous domestic exhibitions. Capturing both light and shadows upon his facades, Baba’s aesthetic is intriguing not only for its sculptural beauty, but for his immaculate sense of detail and craftsmanship, evidenced by the scrupulous intensity of the tiny porcelain blocks that comprise his works, attached one by one by free-hand in pursuit of the elemental essence of porcelain’s natural beauty.
